small
- adjective
- /smɔl/
- Specialized
- I struggled to decipher the small writing on the label of the medicine bottle.
- small letters
- small print
- small font
Which, by the way, is exactly what I think, and that's capital BLM, small letters BLM.
- Which, by the way, is exactly what I think, and that's capital BLM, small letters BLM.
Examples
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She prefers using small letters when she writes in her diary.
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Look at the small print.
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You can see he took some notes here and look how small the writing is.
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Sorry, the print is so small on these things.
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The print is too small without my glasses.
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It's all in the small print, dearie.
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When I tried to read on my phone, the font was too small and I couldn't adjust it.
Academic text (2012) -
Joop Heman had printed his name in yellow paint, in small letters at the lower-right-hand corner.
Fiction book (1998) -
The instructions were printed in small font, making them difficult to read.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
An important person in a small group who has more power than elsewhere
A small action that leads to a very large benefit for all people
Compounds
- Canadian
A person who owns or runs a small company with fewer than 100 employees
- Specialized
A long narrow tube between the stomach and large bowel that digests food and takes in nutrients
Part of the United States government that helps small businesses with loans and advice
- Specialized
A company or stock with a small market value, often under one billion dollars
- Specialized
Amount of heat that raises one gram of water by one degree Celsius at normal air pressure
- US
A grass like reeds that grows in wet places like marshes, often in the southern United States
- Specialized
A letter that looks like a big letter but is the height of a small letter used for emphasis
- Slur
A rude word for someone, often a man, who acts loud and angry to hide low confidence
- Specialized
A very serious cancer made of small round cells that grows and spreads quickly in the lungs
A small animal like a cat that is active at night and lives in Southeast Asian forests
- Specialized
A common way to connect a computer to devices like printers or hard drives
An activity of searching for and shooting small wild animals and birds for food or sport
- Specialized
A small irregular galaxy near the Milky Way that you can see from the Southern Hemisphere
- Offensive
A man who acts overly aggressive to hide feeling weak or less important
- Specialized
A small plant that comes back each year with white daisy-like flowers
- Specialized
A baby who is much smaller and lighter than usual for their pregnancy length
- Specialized
A large European tree with small dark green leaves grown for its shade and beauty
- Specialized
Very small bits of dirty matter in the air that come from smoke and engines and can harm people's health
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Small comes from an old German word smal meaning 'narrow' or 'thin'. A small letter means a lowercase or little letter, not a large capital, which keeps the idea of being less in size.